Placeholder canvas

Mumbai airport on alert after IS threat message

Date:

Mumbai: An alert has been sounded at the Mumbai international airport after a message threatening to carry out an attack on the coming Saturday was found scribbled on a wall of a washroom on the airport premises, police said on Wednesday.

Security inside the airport has been stepped up by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), while elaborate checks are being conducted outside the premises by Mumbai Police personnel, police said.

The message “ATTACK BY ISIS DATE 10/01/15” had been found written on the wall of a washroom at the Level 2 of Terminal 2 of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, police said.

The CISF, which is responsible for security of the airport, is sifting through the CCTV footage to identify the culprit. The house-keeping staff was also questioned by the agency, police said.

“We have been informed about the threatening message. We are looking into the matter. We are taking it very seriously and checking if it was just a mischief,” Deputy Police Commissioner (Detection) Dhananjay Kulkarni said.

Although Mumbai police do not have any specific terror warning, they have been maintaining a strict vigil to secure the city against the backdrop of threat from a dreaded terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) looming large over the country.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Share post:

Subscribe

Popular

More like this
Related

Four Killed, Five Wounded In Stabbing Incident In North Illinois

Redd mentioned that not all of the victims had stab wounds and none of them were shot. She added by saying that they have a suspect in custody

Hope Everyone’s Rights Are Protected: UN On Kejriwal’s Arrest

Delhi CM Kejriwal was arrested by the ED(Enforcement Directorate) on March 21 in the Delhi liquor policy case, days ahead of the Lok Sabha polls

EAM Jaishankar Meets Ukrainian Counterpart Dmytro Kuleba In Delhi

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar on Friday...

Rajinikanth’s Thalaivar 171 First-Look Poster Drops

In a series of surprising announcements, fans were first...